What Inspires Me: Forms and patterns abound in forest

7:48 PM,
Jan. 30, 2013

'Deep Forest Continuum,' oil painting by Chris Gonyea.

Written by

Chris Gonyea
For the Poughkeepsie Journal

Editor's note: What Inspires Me is a regular feature in Enjoy! that asks visual and performing artists and writers about the passions that motivate them to create or perform. If you would like to write about your passion for this feature, email bfarrell@poughkeepsiejournal.com.

I have been painting and drawing for a long time, as long as I can remember actually. As a young child, I'm told I discarded my coloring books to forsake drawing within the lines.

In recent years, I have become known as "the guy who draws trees" or simply "the tree guy" and, yes, I'll admit trees are quite inspiring, but I ...